Kapunda copper mine prospect. Reports on an assessment of the geology and mineralisation, and on commissioned ore beneficiation testwork later performed by Amdel, covering the period February 1972 until November 1979.

Created: 13 Nov 2024 Revised: 13 Nov 2024

Author: Hughes, M.;Melville, P.M.;Radke, F.;Brown, R.N.;Schultz, P.K.;Pontifex, I.R.;Purvis, A.C.;Cooper, R.;Weir, L.J.;Tilyard, P.A.;Elsegood, J.C.

52 exploratory diamond cored (NQ) drillholes completed over the period December 1971 to May 1973, for a total penetration of 17, 687 feet.

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Record No	mesac9248
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Document
Category Type	Drilling Engineering Earth Sciences Energy Energy Exploration Engineering Environmentally Sustainable Mineral Resource Activities Exploration Geochemistry Geochemistry Geology Geomatic Engineering Mineral Exploration Mineral Resource Geology Mineral Resources (Excl. Energy Resources) Mineral System Geology Mineralogy And Crystallography Mining Engineering Petrology Primary Mining And Extraction Of Mineral Resources Resource Geology Resources Engineering Stratigraphy
Document Type	Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor	Geosearch Pty Ltd;Robertson Research (Australia) Pty Ltd;Amdel Ltd;McPhar Geophysics Pty Ltd;Alexander and Symonds Pty Ltd
Sponsor	Northland Minerals Ltd
Tenement	ML 3800 ML 3801 ML 3802 ML 3803 ML 3804 ML 3805 ML 3806 ML 3807 ML 3808 ML 3809 ML 3810 ML 3811 ML 3812 ML 3813 ML 3814 ML 3815 ML 3816 ML 3817 ML 3818 ML 3819 ML 3820 ML 3821 ML 3822 EL 30
Tenement Holder	Northland Minerals Ltd;Northern Mining NL
Operator	Northland Minerals Ltd
Geological Province	Adelaide Geosyncline
Mine Name	Kapunda mine;Buhl shaft;Harris shaft;Main open cut;Sherwin open cut;Charlotte open cut;Stockyard open cut;Council open cut;Dutton open cut;Kapunda prospect
Stratigraphy	Tindelpina Shale Member
Commodity	copper
Notes	Notes: This report deals only with a discussion and final interpretation of much new data that has been gathered from the historic Kapunda mine and its immediately surrounding prospect area, which data are tied to a local (canted by 16 degrees and... Notes: This report deals only with a discussion and final interpretation of much new data that has been gathered from the historic Kapunda mine and its immediately surrounding prospect area, which data are tied to a local (canted by 16 degrees and 7 minutes towards the NNW) feet-based mine grid (formerly set up by Mines Exploration Pty Ltd) that extends from 3400N to 4000S and from 1500W to 1800E. The earlier quarterly progress reports concerning the gathering of these data over the period February 1972 to April 1973 are stored separately in Env 2141. Other concurrent exploratory work done by Morthland Minerals in the greater Kapunda Dome area, and beyond in the River Light district, is reported separately in Env 2272. All of the results of an earlier Kapunda prospect near-mine evaluation programme conducted by Mines Exploration Pty Ltd during the 1960s are contained in Env 980. Includes: - Pursell, D.C., 27/4/1973. Press release concerning the progress [ for the first quarter of 1973 ] of work upon Northland Minerals' mineral leases and exploration licence [ EL 30 ] located near Kapunda, South Australia (Northland Minerals, Managing Director's letter to the Stock Exchange of Melbourne). Addendum to subject dataset. 4 pages. Geographic Locality: Kapunda;Hd Kapunda, secn 1271, secn 1284, secn 1405 Doc No: Env 02260 Drillhole: DDH K1 - DDH K52;(238000) - (238024);(238426) - (238463) More +
Language	English
Metadata Standard	ISO 19115-3

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License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Persistent identifier	https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac9248
Citation	Hughes, M.;Melville, P.M.;Radke, F.;Brown, R.N.;Schultz, P.K.;Pontifex, I.R.;Purvis, A.C.;Cooper, R.;Weir, L.J.;Tilyard, P.A.;Elsegood, J.C. Kapunda copper mine prospect. Reports on an assessment of the geology and mineralisation, and on commissioned ore beneficiation testwork later performed by Amdel, covering the period February 1972 until November 1979. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac9248

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